Jun 13, 2018 Who is the world’s best fighter, regardless of weight class? Check out ESPN’s latest top 10. Don’t forget to check out Dan Rafael’s divisional rankings, which are updated weekly. For a list of the current champions in all weight classes, click here. Note: Results are through June 13. THE PANEL: Dan Rafael,
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6:09 PM ET Golden Boy Promotions and Canelo Alvarez are done waiting around for unified middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin to finalize a deal for their rematch. Golden Boy president Eric Gomez told ESPN on Tuesday that the company has issued Golovkin and promoter Tom Loeffler an improved final offer and that he has until
3:27 PM ET The only two fights Mercito “No Mercy” Gesta lost in 35 professional bouts came when a world title was on the line. Thursday the San Diego-based Filipino begins his quest for a third shot when he takes on Roberto “Tito” Manzanarez in a 10-round lightweight match at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino
7:36 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show England’s Rocky Fielding will challenge Germany’s Tyron Zeuge for the WBA super-middleweight title on July 14. Fielding seems unperturbed that Zeuge (22-0-1, 12 KOs)
12:00 AM ET Five men sit around a small table on a beach in Havana, Cuba, talking and playing dominoes. There is a relaxed seriousness to their conversation as they speak of their role in a sociopolitical experiment that has shaped their lives and the lives of their fellow Cubans. These men are not social
8:54 AM ET ESPN staff David Haye announced his retirement from professional boxing on Tuesday morning, calling time on his career following two defeats by Tony Bellew. The 37-year-old boxer published a lengthy statement, telling his fans of his intentions to hang up his boxing gloves for good and reflecting on the highs and lows
2:46 AM ET Super middleweight world titlist David Benavidez has had a change of heart. Two weeks ago, Benavidez signed with Bob Arum’s Top Rank and accepted a $250,000 signing bonus. But on Monday, he gave the money back to Top Rank and returned to the promoter he threw overboard, Sampson Lewkowicz of Sampson Boxing.
10:38 PM ET After pound-for-pound king Vasiliy Lomachenko knocked out Jorge Linares to win the lightweight world title last month, he vacated the junior lightweight belt he had held. Now that world title is set to be filled: Puerto Rico’s Christopher “Pitufo” Diaz and Masayuki Ito, of Japan, will fight for the vacant 130-pound belt
10:00 PM ET When Carl Frampton defends his interim featherweight world title for the first time on Aug. 18 at Windsor Park in his hometown of Belfast, Northern Ireland, former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury will continue his comeback on the undercard, MTK Global, the management company that represents both fighters, announced Monday. Fury, whose personal
3:08 AM ET Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares engaged in a scintillating, punch-filled featherweight match that had the crowd at the Staples Center in Los Angeles cheering wildly throughout the 12-round bout. In the end, it was the more accurate Santa Cruz who won a unanimous decision by scores of 115-113, 116-112 and 117-111